“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FOYHJMKCW
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFymT7wI5o
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqfdauyQln
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj8vx5V8Z3
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpd2skmWKZ
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbdzzncoal
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHVi8PWI6g
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUngDc1hyNg
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpO89Cepuz
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbEQiCZHGw
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvBzIzcNs2
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJdnWy0h2e
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYbKPqQ0jJ
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyZ4Qz1CKs
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ047tzRNtLT
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK2LgOHvfV
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6Xtkdszf1
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9OXL1HWmD
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyctg1cr7xh
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3x2MZ0lUx
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGMFVjERk0
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVm23H9IqF
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ12TIYBNC1
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONqp3K8FVm
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv52020l78D
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E9AMTURAw
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiwlZPQx3x
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ71SCSnKZW
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzomPhmw0h7
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozB70hYXWk
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu85HawcQkm
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLsdP6Nayy
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MiorCpY4i
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQIs5InlMe
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEhU8eYiCL
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtFrxqrNEa
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMOGVQvXLp
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiDedquTSf
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aPa7wyggf
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfMBdoS6rM
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4Z4GKW3BI
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeA4kSqDwy
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iq7vyvcpW
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyad61kbE68
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNIjNce4MR
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyQLEgMoF9
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMYIZO2sy1
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzLi2fOO9A
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iDpdMEZSD
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUCk9U7Xaw
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVm4dYCqtT
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45HFzcaIYb
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPMSRgMNzG
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmZ5EjaK25
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgumLrL6rd
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15eraUxGxQ
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PZhBjGvA3
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsBbozQUQn
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgEo3SJudJ
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7E4rb8fWt
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mYJ3aX2eH
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4n1P2K4jD
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihekt0kYi2
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlpBXFyz6p
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nb3DiG5eH
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6hP5U9H6e
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOJbz6VYrb
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i1IbKTcKo
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiN1EiWVWh
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLk33Qdwtx
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKgOW7SZzn
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZkTA32sJY
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvs76z9qji
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MziTaSUHs
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMptr7r36F1
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1ZjF1vuML
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzhwyzWQW7
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq4CYrsxXB
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVemWxwECR
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedkRd29Pv7
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblOVXznl5l
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZckzgmiHNt
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMjP29F27G
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8w96pmkz0
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EPPpqTJv1
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CLpiIFyOz
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTN7UmTh4Z
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6mHqh4UvW
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdYz1ZKiB0
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax6uzk3PFB
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyV5PjjIEo
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFkgV7FE3i
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSZyKxOdew
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtrVmknjGx
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ieat2718d
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNKkGpkERB
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WU79sRh93
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fadj0dKWw
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj3qb9P0Pt
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL9jy6AvY8
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgMIgDh8hF
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtkNArOWEB
happened.
Forget it, because I think I627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5s6HSj2SR
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgujfKW8sH
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC9z7h7RDc
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YfK6TGPqL
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquOR0RnssK
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG732zqTPyY
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurU8SJS017
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFndqI3zRQl
only one. My first and forever love.
